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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2011

Markets relieved by Noda but obstacles remain

Market watchers and political experts welcomed the victory of Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, an advocate of a tax hike and a fiscal hawk, in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential race Monday but the new DPJ leader, who was expected to be appointed prime minister Tuesday, faces an uphill battle...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2011

Contracts for rare earths shifting to quarterly basis

Japanese rare earth buyers are switching to quarterly sales contracts and looking for alternative sources after China curbed shipments, increasing prices for the materials used in hybrid cars and missiles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2011

Spooked consumers snapping up cheap Geiger counters

Geiger counter manufacturers and retailers are offering more affordable models to cash in on continued consumer radiation fears six months into the Fukushima triple meltdown crisis.
BUSINESS
Aug 26, 2011

Price of wheat to jump 2%

The government will raise prices of imported wheat to flour millers by an average of 2 percent in October, the third straight increase since last year, boosting costs for companies such as Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2011

Harvard talks pump up overseas study, work

Japanese high school students were glued to the screen as a Harvard University student, acting as teacher, clicked on the computer and fused photographs of people's faces, claiming she could create a face people would find attractive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2011

Toyota blitzing the U.S. with raft of new models

Toyota Motor Corp.'s new Camry will start a blitz of U.S. model releases to regain sales lost to rivals such as Hyundai Motor Co. after three years that included recession, recalls and the March 11 catastrophe.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 21, 2011

Emergency escape routes: Publisher maps the best way home

The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11 brought death and destruction on an horrific scale to a vast area of the northeastern Tohoku region.
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2011

Apple may invest $1 billion in Sharp plant in Mie

Apple Inc. is likely to invest around $1 billion in Sharp Corp.'s Kameyama factory in Mie Prefecture to secure supply of displays for iPhones and iPads, MF Global FXA Securities Ltd. said in a sales note.
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2011

Yen gains spur worst slump for inflation-linked bonds since Lehman

Japan's inflation-linked bonds are poised for a second monthly fall as the stronger yen exacerbates deflationary pressure on an economy still reeling from the quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2011

Mitsubishi starts data center fund

Mitsubishi Corp. started Japan's first real estate fund that invests in data centers, seeking to benefit from a ¥1.36 trillion market amid rising demand after the March earthquake.
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Aug 17, 2011

Why do Japanese advertisers suggest Internet-search keywords?

It seems that everywhere you look in Japan these days, printed advertising has Internet-style "search buttons" somewhere in the design, with Japanese text inside a box indicating the term to be searched. And many TV commercials end with a short phrase "such and such de kensaku" ("search on the Internet...
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2011

UPS resumes Iwate package delivery

United Parcel Service Inc. is resuming the remainder of its services halted in Iwate Prefecture after the March earthquake and tsunami.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2011

Yen drives short sales, Deutsche says

Hedge funds investing in Japan increased their short-selling of companies sensitive to the yen's fluctuations as the currency surged amid the U.S. credit downgrade and concerns that Europe can't contain its debt crisis, Deutsche Bank AG said.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2011

Fewer orders seen as warning sign

A four-month slump in foreign orders for Japanese machinery may be the latest sign that waning demand is threatening to derail the global economic recovery.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2011

Credit Suisse to boost Japan equity coverage

Credit Suisse Group AG, the second-biggest Swiss bank, plans to expand Japanese stock coverage by 25 percent this year in a bid to catch up with foreign rivals.
Japan Times
Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Aug 12, 2011

War memoirs digitized for posterity

27th in a series
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2011

Vested interests may stymie energy bill: Kono

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's plan to shift Japan toward renewable energy in light of the Fukushima disaster faces resistance from politicians who have been compromised by their close ties to utilities, an opposition lawmaker said.
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2011

Japan ready to sell more yen, official warns

A Finance Ministry official has said the government is ready to sell yen again following last week's move if it sees speculative trades driving the currency higher.

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